Drone strike kills top ISIS leader wanted for 2017 ambush of Green Berets

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The drone strike occurred in late August but Adnan Abou Walid al-Sahrawi's death was confirmed this month, French and U.S. counterterrorism officials told ABC News.

, a team of soldiers from 3rd Special Forces Group on Oct. 4, 2017, leaving four Americans and at least six Nigerien soldiers dead outside the tiny village of Tongo Tongo.Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi is pictured in this undated and unsituated handout picture obtained on Sept. 16, 2021. He was declared killed on Sept. 16, 2021.

The parents of U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Jeremiah Johnson, who was killed in action in the 2017 attack and decorated with the Bronze Star Medal with"V" for Valor, praised the French but said the U.S. should have taken the lead on al-Sahrawi's capture or killing. "Although nothing can take away the pain of losing our four fallen heroes, there is comfort in knowing that justice has been served," said former Green Beret Maj. Alan Van Saun, who was company commander of the ambushed detachment ODA 3212, and who appears in the ABC documentary film.

The French commander told ABC News that, based on U.S. intelligence,"we understood al-Sahrawi left Menaka on a motorbike and was about to cross the Nigerien border."

 

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The war on terror should now become a drone/cruise missile/special operations war. We don’t need thousands of soldiers occupying these marginal countries where terrorists hang out. We, and our allies, should make it clear that we will take appropriate action.

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